Note: Ministry of Defence (MOD) Assistant Director (AD) Solved Past Papers Repeated MCQs.
1. The nearest opposite of FEND:
A. Hostility
B. Laxity
C. Encourage
D. Native
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Encourage
2. The most nearly opposite of BENEVOLENT:
A. Malevolent
B. Sympathetic
C. Liberal
D. Beneficial
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Malevolent
3. The most nearly opposite of EFFICACIOUS:
A. Useful
B. Skilled
C. Useless
D. Unskilled
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Useless
4. Opposite of YIELDING:
A. Ordinance
B. Obdurate
C. Deliberate
D. Understood
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Obdurate
5. Select the letter pair that has expressed a relationship to the given word. BRIEF: LEGAL.
A. Spreadsheet: Financial
B. Review: Theatrical
C. Letter: Administrative
D. Formula: Mathematical
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Spreadsheet : Financial
6. Select the lettered pair that has expressed a relationship to the given word. COMPLAIN CARP.
A. Supply: Donate
B. Argue: Debate
C. Grumble: Accuse
D. Drink: Guzzle
Answer
Correct Answer: D. Drink : Guzzle
7. Select the lettered pair that has expressed a relationship to the given word. DEPLETE: ENERVATE.
A. Strengthen: Weak
B. Invigorate: Tired
C. Exhaust: Enfeeble
D. Tighten: loosen
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Exhaust : Enfeeble
8. Select the lettered pair that has expressed a relationship to the given word. NUMISMATIST: COINS
A. Philatelist: Stamps
B. Jeweler: Jewels
C. Cartographer: Maps
D. Geneticist: Chromosomes
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Philatelist : Stamps
9. The Similar word of ATROPHY?
A. Capture
B. Waste Away
C. Lose
D. Defeat
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Waste Way
10. Nearly similar word of VOLUMINOUS is?
A. Short
B. Huge
C. Shining
D. Loud
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Huge
11. Similar word of CHRONICLE?
A. Rearranging
B. Record
C. Climate
D. Split
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Record
12. Similar word for TRACTABLE is:
A. Confused
B. Wise
C. Simplistic
D. Convoluted
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Wise
Read the Passage and Answer the Questions
It is difficult to reconcile the ideas of different schools of thought on the question of education. Some people maintain that pupils at school should concentrate on a narrow range of subjects which will benefit them directly in their subsequent careers. Others contend that they should study a wide range of subjects so that they will have the specialized knowledge necessary for their chosen careers and sound general knowledge about the world they will have to live and work in. Supporters of the first theory state that the greatest contributions to civilization are made by those who are most experts in their trade or profession. Those on the other side say that, unless they have had broad general education, the experts will be too narrow in their outlook to have sympathy with their fellows or a proper sense of responsibility towards humanity as a whole.
13. A suitable title for the passage would be:
A. Different Schools of Thought
B. The contexts of Education
C. Two Views on Education
D. Effective Education
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Different Schools of Thought
14. The first school of thought believes that students should?
A. Study what they want
B. Be Given General Knowledge
C. Study only a Few Subjects
D. Study Seriously
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Be Given General Knowledge
15. It is difficult to reconcile the ideas of two schools of thought because?
A. They lack Clarity
B. They are narrow
C. They Ignore each other’s concerns
D. They are contradictory
Answer
Correct Answer: B. They are Narrow
16. According to the second school of thought students with broad-based knowledge would?
A. Be more aware of their responsibility toward broad
B. Not become specialists
C. Fall to develop proper skills
D. Make Contribution to Civilization
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Be more aware of their responsibility towards Broad
17. ___ by long queues and bad weather, the voters ___ their way to polling stations any way they could.
A. Undaunted, Made
B. Worried, Lost
C. Encouraged, Prepared
D. Going, Dropped
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Undaunted, Made
18. When the new artists started work, it was discovered that they could not make ___ what to do.
A. Out
B. Up
C. In
D. Off
Answer
Correct Answer: D. Off
19. The man who was driving the truck would not admit that he had been at fault, and ___.
A. Neither the other Driver
B. Neither would the Other Driver
C. Neither had the Other Driver
D. The other Driver Other
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Neither had the Other Driver
20. Jamal ___ his head in shame.
A. Stretched
B. Nodded
C. Turned
D. Hung
Answer
Correct Answer: D. Hung
Read the following Passage and Answer the questions
Flower A, Flower B, Flower C, and Flower D are four different categories of flowers distinguished according to their blooming seasons, such that:
Flower A and Flower B bloom in winter and summer.
Flower C and Flower D bloom in autumn and spring.
Flower B and Flower C bloom in spring and winter.
Flower A and Flower D bloom in summer and autumn.
21. Which flower bloom in autumn, winter, and summer?
A. Flower A
B. Flower B
C. Flower C
D. Flower D
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Flower A
22. The flower which blooms in autumn, winter, and spring is:
A. Flower A
B. Flower B
C. Flower C
D. Flower D
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Flower C
23. The flower which blooms in spring, winter, and summer is:
A. Flower C
B. Flower D
C. Flower A
D. Flower B
Answer
Correct Answer: D. Flower B
24. The flower which does not bloom in spring is:
A. Flower A
B. Flower B
C. Flower C
D. Flower D
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Flower A
25. The flower which does not bloom in summer is:
A. Flower A
B. Flower B
C. Flower C
D. Flower D
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Flower C
26. Which flower bloom in spring and summer?
A. Flower B
B. Flower C
C. Flower D
D. Both A & C
Answer
Correct Answer: D. Both A & C (Flower B and C)
Read The Passage and answer the questions.
In a wall grapy a painter is selecting two combinations of colors, Combination 1 and Combination 2, choosing from seven colors T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z. Combination 1 will contain four of the colors and Combination 2 will contain the other three colors. The painter must select the colors for each combination according to the following Restrictions:
T cannot be in the same combination as U.
If X is in Combination 2, Z must also be in combination 2.
If Z is in combination 1, W must also be in combination 1.
27. If T and Z are in Combination 2, any of the following colors can also be in Combination 2 Except?
A. X
B. Y
C. U
D. V
Answer
Correct Answer: C. U
28. If Z is in combination1, which of the following must be true?
A. X is in combination 2
B. U is in the same combination as V
C. T is in combination 1
D. V is in combination 2
Answer
Correct Answer: A. X is in Combination 2
29. If X is in combination with 2, which of the following must be true?
A. T is in combination 2
B. U is in combination 2
C. W is in combination 1
D. Z is in combination 2
Answer
Correct Answer: D. Z is in combination 2
Paragraph
This product stand sells fruits and vegetables. All fruits are delicious, and all vegetables are rich in vitamins. Every food that is vitamin-rich is delicious, so everything sold at this stand is delicious.
30. Which one of the following assumptions is necessary to make the conclusion in the argument above logically correct?
A. The stand sells many fruits and vegetables
B. This Product stand sells only fruits and vegetables
C. Something cannot be both vitamin-rich and delicious
D. Some stands sell fruits that are not delicious
Answer
Correct Answer: B. This Product stand sells only fruits and vegetables
Read the passage and answer the questions
Six cupboards Cupboard U, Cupboard V, Cupboard W, Cupboard X, Cupboard Y, and Cupboard Z are being placed in hotel rooms, each of which can accommodate two Cupboards and no more than two. Each Cupboard must be placed in exactly one room and must be placed in that room either alone or else together with one other six Cupboard. Enough rooms are available to permit any possible assignment of Cupboards to rooms, but the following restrictions must be observed:
Cupboard V cannot be placed in a room with Cupboard W.
Cupboard W cannot be placed in a room with Cupboard X.
Cupboard Y and Cupboard Z must be placed in a room together.
31. Which of the following pairs of cupboards can be placed in one room together?
A. Cupboard Y and Cupboard Z
B. Cupboard W and Cupboard X
C. Cupboard Y and Cupboard V
D. Cupboard U and Cupboard X
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Cupboard Y and Cupboard Z
32. If cupboard W is placed in a room alone, which of the following must be true?
A. Cupboard V is placed in a room, alone
B. The Cupboards occupy either 4 or 5 rooms
C. The Cupboards occupy either 3 or 6 rooms
D. None other than Cupboard W is placed in a room alone
Answer
Correct Answer: D. None other than Cupboard W is placed in a room alone
33. If Cupboard Y and Cupboard Z are the only cupboards placed in a room, how many rooms are the minimum that can accommodate the cupboards?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Answer
Correct Answer: D. 5
Read the passage and answer the questions
A teacher asked the class to draw diagrams of four shapes namely rectangle, square, circle and triangle is a single class and has the following restrictions.
Rectangle has priority over the square.
The Circle has priority over the triangle.
If one shape has priority over another, the shape with priority must be drawn earlier than the other one.
34. Given only the determinations above, each of the following is a possible sequence in which the four shapes could be drawn Except?
A. Circle, Rectangle, Triangle, Square
B. Circle, Square, Rectangle, Triangle
C. Rectangle, Square, Circle, Triangle
D. Rectangle, Circle, Square, Triangle
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Rectangle, Square, Circle, Triangle
35. If each of the shapes takes equally long to draw, it must be true that:
A. Rectangle is drawn before triangle is drawn
B. Square is drawn before Circle is drawn
C. Circle is drawn before Square is drawn
D. Circle is drawn before Triangle is drawn
Answer
Correct Answer: D. Circle is drawn before Triangle is Drawn
36. Revelation has been of ____ kind.
A. One
B. Two
C. Four
D. Three
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Two
37. The word Jurisprudence is derived from:
A. Juris
B. Prudent
C. Both A & B
D. Lex
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Both A & B
38. According to Article 16 of Qanoon-e-Shahadat, an accomplice is a competent witness in all cases Except?
A. Hudood Cases
B. Hadd Cases
C. Accused person
D. None of These
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Hadd Cases
39. According to the Punjab Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2015 in case of dissolution of marriage through khula, the wife may be directed to surrender her dower up to?
A. 100% of Deferred and 50% of Prompt
B. 50% of Deferred and 25% of Prompt
C. 25% of Deferred and 25% of Prompt
D. 50% of Deferred and 50% of Prompt
Answer
Correct Answer: B. 50% of Deferred and 25% of Prompt
40. Legal Realism was analyzed in the United States by:
A. Salmond
B. Austin
C. Holmes
D. Grotius
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Oliver Wendell Holmes
41. Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by?
A. By the National Assembly of KP
B. By the General Assembly of the United Nations
C. By the National Assembly of Balochistan
D. By the National Assembly of Sindh
Answer
Correct Answer: B. By the General Assembly of the United Nations
42. Under CPC Judges means the Presiding officer of:
A. A Criminal Court
B. A Civil Court
C. A Session Court
D. A High Court
Answer
Correct Answer: B. A Civil Court
43. What does `Pleading` mean?
A. Plaint only
B. Plaint and Written Statement
C. Written Statement Only
D. Plaint, written statement, and Record of Evidence
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Plaint and Written Statement
44. ‘The Unstable Earth’ is a famous geography book authored by:
A. Arthur Holmes
B. Thornbury
C. Monkhouse
D. J.A Steers
Answer
Correct Answer: D. J.A. Steers
45. Sedimentary Rocks are formed by a natural process known as:
A. Lithification
B. Rejuvenation
C. Hydration
D. Peroxidation
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Lithification
Detail About MCQs
The most important geological processes that lead to the creation of sedimentary rocks are Erosion, Weathering, Dissolution, precipitation, and lithification.
46. Atmospheric pressure decreases rapidly with altitude because the air becomes:
A. Colder
B. Less Dense
C. Rich in Ozone
D. Warmer
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Less Dense
47. Gneiss, schists, anthracite, diamond, and marble state are common examples of:
A. Sedimentary Rocks
B. Igneous Rocks
C. Metamorphic Rocks
D. Extrusive Igneous Rocks
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Metamorphic Rocks
48. The proportion of ___ rocks decreases with depth.
A. Aluminum
B. Silicon
C. Iron
D. Lead
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Silicon
49. Which of the following is a cold currently?
A. Gulf Stream
B. Brazil
C. Labrador
D. Kuroshio
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Labrador
Detail About MCQs
The Cold Current flows in the Arctic and Atlantic Region. This Labrador Current flows in the North Atlantic Ocean. The cold current flows to the Labrador coast from the Arctic Ocean. This Cold wave also meets the warm waves that are moving and outward in Gulf Stream.
50. The term Geography was coined for the first time by a Greek scholar ___ in 234 BC.
A. Herodotus
B. Thales of Miletus
C. Eratosthenes
D. Plato
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Eratosthenes
Detail about Mcqs
The term geography was first coined by Eratosthenes, a Greek scholar (276-194 BC). The word has been derived from two roots in the Greek language Geo (Earth) and Graphos (Description).
51. The Great Barrier Reef is located in the:
A. Pacific Ocean
B. Indian Ocean
C. Atlantic Ocean
D. Arctic Ocean
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Pacific Ocean
52. There are ___ themes in Geography.
A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Seven
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Five
53. The Royal Geographical Society was founded in:
A. 1600
B. 1630
C. 1730
D. 1830
Answer
Correct Answer: D. 1830
54. Which type of climate of the world has dry summer and wet winter?
A. Western European Type
B. Mediterranean Type
C. Equatorial Type
D. Tundra Type
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Mediterranean Type
55. Regarding food availability, which of the following things inspired people to settle permanently in one location?
A. Tools
B. Agriculture
C. Fishing
D. Industry
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Agriculture
56. The Earth’s surface and crust are constantly evolving due to ___.
A. Rotary Cycle
B. Normal Cycle
C. Rock Cycle
D. Change Cycle
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Rock Cycle
57. The source of light is placed on the opposite side for drawing the graticules for:
A. Gnomonic Projection
B. Orthographic Projection
C. Stereographic Projection
D. Equidistant Projection
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Stereographic Projection
58. Which of the following move material in parallel to the direction of movement?
A. L Waves
B. S Waves
C. P Waves
D. N Waves
Answer
Correct Answer: C. P Waves
59. Amazon tropical rainforest is also known as ____.
A. Boreal
B. Selva
C. Tundra
D. Conifers
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Selva
60. As children begin their elementary school years, they enter Erikson’s stage of:
A. Trust Versus mistrust
B. Autonomy Versus Doubt
C. Industry Versus Inferiority
D. Identity Versus role confusion
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Indus Versus Inferiority
61. One of the main criticism of the Freudian psychoanalytic theory is that it:
A. Focuses too much Attention on Sexual Conflicts and Fixations
B. Assumes all behaviors are learned during childhood
C. Is too pessimistic about the future of humanity
D. Focuses too much attention on the id and not enough on the ego
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Assumes all behaviors are learned during childhood
62. Which of the following research methods does not allow drawing conclusions regarding causality in research?
A. Experimental Research
B. Correlational Research
C. Case Studies
D. Surveys
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Correlational Research
63. Which of the following is not considered as an altered state of consciousness?
A. Sleep
B. Hypnosis
C. Meditation
D. Exercise
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Hypnosis
64. Which of the following statements best illustrate Maslow’s esteem needs?
A. Going to the gym three days a week to improve your health
B. Donating a large sum of money to charity
C. Getting married to your high school class fellow
D. Going to university to earn a master’s degree in counseling
Answer
Correct Answer: D. Going to university to earn a masters degree in counseling
65. One of the following, which would a psychologist consider the best example of learning?
A. A child able to ride a bike
B. A woman experiencing labor pains
C. All swimming upstream during the mating season
D. A baby sucking on her mother’s breast for nourishment
Answer
Correct Answer: A. A child able to ride a bike
66. The purpose of free association is to:
A. Facilitate changing negative behavior
B. Help bring the unconscious conflict to the surface
C. Help a patient relax
D. Rid an individual of his or her sexual desires
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Help a patient relax
67. When we perform well on a task we typically attribute our success to our internal characteristics. This is known as?
A. Fundamental Attribution Error
B. Self-Schema Bias
C. Self-Serving Bias
D. Personal Schema
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Self-Serving Bias
68. China is concerned with Article 370 due to its claim over:
A. Laddakh
B. Tibet
C. Sinkiang
D. Baltistan
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Laddakh
69. Are conflict management and conflict resolution the same concepts?
A. Entirely Different, but both relate to Peace Studies
B. One and the same thing
C. Coincide with each other
D. Slightly supportive of each other
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Entirely Different, but both relate to Peace Studies
70. Article 370 of the Indian Constitution is related to the specific of:
A. Kashmir Only
B. Kashmir and Laddakh
C. Kashmir and Tibet
D. Kashmir and Sikkim
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Kashmir only
71. Treaty of Westphalia was signed in:
A. 1648
B. 1789
C. 1815
D. 1919
Answer
Correct Answer: A. 1648
72. Which head of government of Pakistan utilized the tool of Cricket Diplomacy?
A. General Zia-ul_Haq
B. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
C. General Ayub Khan
D. None of these
Answer
Correct Answer: A. General Zia-ul-Haq
73. CPEC is famously known as?
A. A Collection of security agreements
B. A Collection of Infrastructure projects
C. An attempt to safeguard Gwadar port
D. An attempt to provide china access to warm waters of the Persian gulf
Answer
Correct Answer: B. A Collection of Infrastructure Projects
74. In 1973, the Arab States used the oil Weapon to pressurize the pro-Israel Western Powers. Who advised the Arab States about it?
A. Shah Faisal
B. Houari Boumediene
C. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
D. Yasir Arafat
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Shah Faisal
75. Are the non-state actors allowed to participate in war as per rules of International Law?
A. Absolutely Allowed
B. Absolutely not Allowed
C. Allowed with fulfillment of certain conditions
D. Very rarely permissible
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Allowed with fulfillment of certain conditions
76. What is meant by Kinetic Military Action?
A. Nuclear Deterrence
B. Active Warfare to use lethal Force
C. Ammunition of the Armed Forces
D. Conventional warfare with soft force
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Active Warfare to use Lethal Force
77. The Rights, Privlleges, and Immunities for Prisonors of war are defined in?
A. Vienna Congress 1899
B. Geneva Convention 1949
C. Vienna Convention 1962
D. Geneva Convention 1988
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Geneva Convention 1949
78. Why Pakistan never raised the Kashmir Issue in SAARC Conferences?
A. Because of the Governmental Policy of the Country
B. SAARC Charter does not allow to Raise the Mutual Disputes of the member countries at this Forum
C. Pakistan did not expect any positive Output from it
D. Due to dominating role of India as a Whole
Answer
Correct Answer: B. SAARC Charter does not allow to Raise the Mutual Disputes of the member countries at this Forum
79. Is there any security agreement between Pakistan and China?
A. Gwadar Port Agreement
B. Sino-Pakistan Agreement
C. MacMohan Line Agreement 1963
D. No Defence Alliance Exists
Answer
Correct Answer: B. Sino-Pakistan Agreement
80. The staunch realist of this century who died in 2013 was:
A. Gorbachev
B. E.H Carr
C. Kenneth N. Waltz
D. Hans Morgenthau
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Kenneth Neal Waltz
81. President Woodrow was a supporter of the theory of:
A. Idealism
B. Realism
C. Positivism
D. Constructivism
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Idealism
82. Who was the last Security Adviser of PML (N) Government 2013-2018?
A. Sartaj Aziz
B. Agha Shahi
C. Lt Gen (R) Nasser Janjua
D. Lt Gen (R) Akram Durrani
Answer
Correct Answer: C. Lt Gen (R) Nasser Janjua
83. Who is the United States Security Adviser to President Doland Trump?
A. Robert O’Brien
B. Susan Rice
C. Michel Flynn
D. John Bolton
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Robert O’Brien
84. The writer of Globalization of World Politics is ___ and Steve Smith.
A. Feona Butler
B. Prof. White
C. Michel Foley
D. John Baylis
Answer
Correct Answer: D. John Baylis
85. Who is the Principal Founder of the discipline of Peace and Conflict Studies?
A. Johan Vincent Galtung
B. Martin Luthar King Junior
C. Mahatama Gandhi
D. Woodrow Wilson
Answer
Correct Answer: A. Johan Vincent Galtung
86. Pakistan’s nuclear stance is ___ which entirely deters, rent in nature.
A. No first use option
B. As the Second User States
C. Nothing Specific
D. Never will Use in War
Answer
Correct Answer: A. No first use option
Detail About MCQs
Pakistan has pledged no first use against non-nuclear weapon states. Pakistan’s policy on first use against states that possess nuclear weapons, particularly India, remains vague.
87. Who Developed realism into a comprehensive International relations theory?
A. Woodrow Wilson
B. Rousseau
C. Froebel
D. Hans J. Morgenthau
Answer
Correct Answer: D. Hans J. Morgenthau
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